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WWW
2006
ACM
14 years 8 months ago
Invisible participants: how cultural capital relates to lurking behavior
The asymmetry of activity in virtual communities is of great interest. While participation in the activities of virtual communities is crucial for a community's survival and ...
Vladimir Soroka, Sheizaf Rafaeli
HICSS
2008
IEEE
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14 years 1 months ago
Social Network Behavior, Thought-Leaders and Knowledge Building in an Online Learning Community
This paper investigates the relationship between student role-behavior and position in a Social Network and the processes of creating sustained collaborative knowledge building in...
Jim Waters
HCI
2007
13 years 9 months ago
Towards Building a Math Discourse Community: Investigating Collaborative Information Behavior
We reported a study that analyzes collaborative information behavior of small groups in an online math discourse community. Taking group as the unit of analysis, we analyzed the so...
Nan Zhou, Gerry Stahl
HICSS
2007
IEEE
192views Biometrics» more  HICSS 2007»
14 years 1 months ago
An Online Community as a New Tribalism: The World of Warcraft
Massive, multiplayer online role-playing games foster rich social environments. Within the game, players can interact with other players, make friends, create and cultivate new on...
Thomas W. Brignall III, Thomas L. Van Valey
HICSS
2008
IEEE
114views Biometrics» more  HICSS 2008»
14 years 1 months ago
Taking Charge of Your Health: The Drivers of Enrollment and Continued Participation in Online Health Intervention Programs
Information technology (IT) is fundamentally altering the way in which healthcare is delivered to consumers, and offers the promise of improving patient safety, reducing medical e...
Jie-Mein Goh, Ritu Agarwal